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Tag: Mies

The Barcelona Pavilion-Crematorium

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can give to greatness.” -Oscar Wilde. From the outside, the Crematorium … More

architecture, Barcelona, Barcelona Pavilion, cemetery, crematorium, design, Mies, Spain, travel

Knock on Stone: A Brief, Informal Acoustic Experiment at the Barcelona Pavilion

The original Barcelona Pavilion is believed to be the first time that stone was “hung” in the form of thin … More

acoustics, Barcelona Pavilion, construction, Mies, pavilion, stone

Vinylizing the Barcelona Pavilion

The Barcelona Pavilion is as white as Greek yoghurt right now. All the Roman travertine, ancient green marble, green Alpine … More

Anna & Eugeni Bach, architecture, art, Barcelona Pavilion, building materials, installation, materiality, Mies

The Barcelona Pavilion as Cozy Christmas Home

Here’s yet another advertisement that features the Barcelona Pavilion. This one isn’t a print ad for a famous German brand … More

advertising, Barcelona Pavilion, luxury, Mies

Temporary Permanence

Earlier this summer, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the reconstruction of Mies van der Rohe and Lily Reich’s German Pavilion for … More

Barcelona Pavilion, ephemeral architecture, installation, Luis Martínez Santa-María, Mies, OMA, permanence, reconstruction

Architourism

Tourism is the only ‘industry’ in Spain that is not downsizing in the current (well, actually it’s been five years … More

Barcelona Pavilion, capitalism, Gaudí, Mies, tourism

Morning Delivery

The maintenance of buildings is somewhat of a taboo subject in architectural discourse, which actually says a great deal about … More

Barcelona Pavilion, building maintenance, Mies, pavilion, social class

Lighten-Up in the Mies Pavilion

The installation by SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa) at Barcelona’s Mies van der Rohe Pavilion is simple, subtle, and … More

Barcelona Pavilion, installation, Mies, monument, pavilion, popular culture, SANAA

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Criticalista collects Rafael Gomez-Moriana's writings on architecture and the built environment. All photographs by the author unless indicated otherwise.

©2014 Rafael Gomez-Moriana. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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